Whenever me Open Reddit Nowadays it feels like I’m just asking to see outrage. That means Contributions by AitaPresent Contributions by AIO (I am overreacting)and posts on political turbulence. As a writer, I have to check Reddit to keep a tab for interesting new app starts, common problems with which people with technology are confronted (so that I can write about the solutions) and sometimes to solve a niche problem with which I am with I am technology confronted with my own. But if I accidentally open the standard homepage from Reddit, my mental health begins to recharge your mental health and my thoughts are also becoming crazy.
Yes, there are many bad things in the world at the moment, but I don’t want to hear about it all the time. My brain needs a break from all of this from time to time. Unfortunately, Reddit does not offer simple tools to filter undesirable contributions from her feed, but I found a few months ago Protection ($ 1)A safari expansion that offers this functionality. With Prodongo you can create a personalized block list to hide all kinds of emplodites to Reddit. You can block keywords, links to certain domains, social media website and automatically redist Redits Legacy user interface (which has far less distracting widgets that try to increase the engagement).
Create Reddit filter with Protego
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First open Protego on your iPhone, iPad or Mac and then go to filter Tab and select Keywords. Beat the + Button and select Add keyword list. In this way you can add Reddit to several keyword filters at once. You have to add a comma between keywords, e.g. B. Aita, Aio, Elon Musk etc. Protego also supports wildcards with which you can block several variations of an insulting word. For example, if you want to block the term Aita and related terms such as Aitah, just add Father To the block list, and it blocks all the words that start with Aita.
When you are ready to add keywords, you can share your block list with others if you want. With Prodongo you can export block lists to a JSON file that you can import seamlessly. Open the app to use this function and go to Filter> list management.
Block posts that link to certain websites
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In his latest update, Protego added the opportunity to block certain domains. You can activate this by going Filter> Social Media In the app and the switch in addition to social media platforms that you want to avoid. For me it was a child’s play to block contributions that link to X, Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn and Facebook. Further options include YouTube, Snapchat, Pinterest, Bluesky, Mastodon and some other social media website. You can also block custom domains by going Filter> domains. Beat the + Button here and select Add the domain list. Just as you have added several keywords earlier, you can use this form to add many domains to the block list. There are several well -known websites that are thriving by fake news, sensationalism and content of low quality. If you create your own block list, keep this website Reddit away in Safari.
Although this function is great, Protego still has to filter subreddits out of her feed. With this function I can easily hide contributions from subreddits that are known that they publish fake rage stories, and those that contain political propaganda that I would rather not see. The developer works Hopefully it will be available in this function in the near future.
A few more improvements to the quality of life
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After all, Protego has a few nice Reddit optimizations that search the website much easier. These functions are located on the “Settings” tab. You can ask the app to automatically switch to the older user interface from Reddit, which looks much more spartan, but has no annoying proposed content and autoplaying videos. With the expansion you can also hide advertised contributions and reddit ads, and on mobile safari you hide Redits annoying open-minders of this app banner. You can also ask to automatically hide or collapse automobile comments in all threads.
All of these things make Protego a must for everyone who uses Reddit for Safari for iPhone, iPad or Mac. A single purchase unlocks the app on all platforms, and the expansion synchronizes its settings and keyword filters across devices. After setting up the app, she no longer ruins my day. I see more content in terms of sports, nature, dogs and cats, video games and even heart -warming contributions from niche -subreddits such as R/Quilting. This has reduced the dominance of some of the largest communities of Reddit in my view of the popular feed, and I now see more of the types of contributions That pulled me to this page first of all. It is still anything but ideal, since the discourse on Reddit continues to be dominated by the types of contributions that I have hidden, but hey, at least I can easily distance myself from you now.
